Button



E. B. THIELKE.

BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED sin. 28. I920.

1,378. 150. Patented May 1 7, 11921;

INVENTDRV FMJ 73. awz/vt i wanna STATES ERNEST-B. THIELKE, or PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.-

BUTTON.

" Application filed September28, 1920. Serial ITO/413,263. I Y

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Emvns'r B. 'THIELKE, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Button, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a button.

One object of the invention is to provide a button which has therein special attaching means, so that it may be readily fastened in the cloth of a garment, or other fabric article, without sewing or the employment of any fastening means other than those carried by the button itself.

Another object of the invention is to provide a button having self-contained attaching means, in which the attaching means are so secured in the body of the button that.

there is little likelihood of breakage of the attaching means at the point of connection with the body of the button.

Another object of the invention is to provide a button having resilient attaching means so arranged as to exert a spring action for firmly engaging the cloth, to which the button is attached, and which hold the body of the button closely against the cloth.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a button embody ing the principles of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the wire constituting the attaching means of the button; Fig. 8 is an elevation of this attaching wire; Fig. A is a central vertical section through the button; and Fig. 5sis a fragmentary section through the button on an enlarged scale.

In the drawings, the reference numeral 1 represents the body of a button, which may be any usual or desired shape. This body is. preferably formed of a tough material such as celluloid, pressed leather, or the like. The body 1 is provided with a central orifice 2, which has an interiorly disposed annulargroove 3 for the reception of the attaching wire of the button;

The attaching wire has a loop 4: arranged to lie in the groove 3 in central orifice 2. The wire is bent outwardly from the loop 4: to form a leg 5; whichprojects'horizontally to the center of orifice 2; and is there bent downwardly to form a leg 6rwhich extends to a point very slightly below the under surface of the button. The wire is there bent to form a leg 7 which extends horizontally to a point adjacent, and prefer- I -P aadmyl e 192i.

PATE T QFFICE- may within the rimof-the'button. It is there again bent horizontally to form a circular portion 8, which lies parallel and close to theunder surface of the body 1. The extremity of the loop terminates at a point close to the leg 7 The attaching wire is composed, of a resilient metal, such as spring steel, spring 1 brass, or the like. If composed of spring steel, it is preferably coated'with nickel, or some other non-corrosive substance.

In attaching the button, the extremity, of

the circular portion or loop 8, is inserted into the fabric, and the button is turned to wind this loop into the fabric. In this position,

threads of the fabric tend tobecome wound about the extremity of the loop 8," or pinched between such extremity and the leg 7. The resiliency of the wire also causes the fabric to be clasped-between the loop 8 of the wire and the under surface of the body 1 of the button. V

The mounting of the attaching wire in:

the groove 3 of the central orifice 2, adds to the resiliency of the attaching wire by contributing to its flexibility vertically of the I button. It also lessens likelihood of breakagelof the wire. in which one extremity of a wire is molded In screw studs orthe like into the head or body of the stud or button,

such breakage frequently occurs at the point where the wire enters the head or body. This is because of the rigidity with which the wire is held in the head.

The button of the present invention pre sents a great advantage that it may be at- 2. A button comprising a body having an interiorly grooved orifice therethrough, and 1 f a wire of resillent metal lylng n said groove and having an attaching loop disposed beneath the under surface ofthe button.

3. A button comprising abodyhaving an interiorly grooved orifice therethrough, and

a wire of resilient metal lying in said groove metal having a loop lying in said orifice,

a portion extending toward the center of said orifice and downwardly of the button,

and an attaching loop disposed beneath the under surface of the body of the button.-

5. A button comprising a body having'an orifice therethrough, and awire of resilient a body having an metal having a loop lying in said orifice, a portlon extending toward the center of the 15 orifice and downwardly of the button, and

an attaching loop lying in a plane substantially parallel to the under surface of the body, of the button.

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v ERNEST B. TI -IIELKE. ,Nitnesses: I

FLORENCE F. SCHW RTZ, GRETTA W. ALsToN.

In witness whereof, I hereunto set 20 

